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Fed Gloom

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2008
... months. The index rose in July but to a still negative 4.92 from negative 8.68 in the previous month. Bottomline: Monetary policy tightening is definitely off the agenda for now. On the contrary, while the Fed does not want to lower rates from 2 percent ...

Market Jitters Redux

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2008
... the US housing market show that this might take just a little bit longer. US Federal Reserve Chairman Bernanke's monetary policy testimony tomorrow night will give investors further clues on the Fed's thinking over this renewed market stress.

This Week's Market Movers (14-18 July 2008)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2008
... figures are undoubtedly high and rising in the major economies, the RBA is in a much better position to adjust monetary policy settings compared with the central banks of the US, the Eurozone, Japan and the UK. This is because domestic economic growth ...

Trouble at Threadneedle Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2008
... overnight. After signaling in recent weeks that it is more likely to follow the European Central Bank (ECB) and tighten monetary policy rather than ease, the Bank of England (BoE) succumbed to the growing threat of an economic recession and kept its ...

Market Movers Overnight: Bernanke's speech

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2008
... economy remains in slowdown mode. Given these, the balance of probabilities is tilted more towards the Fed easing monetary policy further in the near term. US pending home sales data released overnight underscore the problem that the economy still faces. ...

This Week's Market Movers (7-11 July 2008)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2008
... in April and this will be one of the factors the Bank of England will take into account when it deliberates on monetary policy on Wednesday. Markets expect the BOE to keep interest rates unchanged.

NZ economy goes negative

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2008
... recession. "The New Zealand economy contracted during the first quarter of 2008, buckling under the pressure of tighter monetary policy, a cooling housing market and a deteriorating external environment," noted analyst Matt Robison in a briefing he prepared ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUN 2008
... the June share price index was down 65 points at 5,630. Today, the Reserve Bank of Australia holds its monthly monetary policy board meeting followed by a rate decision announcement at 1430 AEST. The Australian Bureau of Statistics releases building ...

The fight over how to fight inflation

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2008
... discarding our inflation targeting regime," said Henry. "Given [the] significant contribution that the conduct of monetary policy has made to our relatively strong macroeconomic performance in the period since the adoption of that particular monetary ...

Home loan fall follows rate hikes

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2008
... feeling the pain of high interest rates. "It does reflect the decisive impact that the Reserve Bank's aggressive monetary policy tightening, augmented by the banks, have had on the domestic housing market," Mr Redican said. "Consumers have been shocked ...